diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 35fb673a..11c86845 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ vcpkg_installed/
 .DS_Store
 *.db
 CMakeUserPresets.json
+cmake/windows.rc
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diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c009a13..2779e876 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ string(REGEX MATCH "#define GVIEW_VERSION \"([0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+)\"" _ ${GView_
 set(GVIEW_VERSION ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
 message("${PROJECT_NAME} version: ${GVIEW_VERSION}")
 
+if (MSVC)
+    set(GVIEW_RESOURCE_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/windows.rc")
+    message("Setting version to ${GVIEW_RESOURCE_FILES}")
+    configure_file("cmake/windows.rc.in" ${GVIEW_RESOURCE_FILES} @ONLY)
+endif()
+
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH};${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 include(core_testing)
 
diff --git a/GView/CMakeLists.txt b/GView/CMakeLists.txt
index c49674b9..7fe82900 100644
--- a/GView/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GView/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,3 +32,8 @@ if (APPLE)
             RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/../bin/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
     endif()
 endif()
+
+if(DEFINED GVIEW_RESOURCE_FILES)
+    message("Adding resource files to project: ${PROJECT_NAME}")
+    target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${GVIEW_RESOURCE_FILES})
+endif()
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diff --git a/GViewCore/CMakeLists.txt b/GViewCore/CMakeLists.txt
index 8313e215..27a7c1ca 100644
--- a/GViewCore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GViewCore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -125,3 +125,8 @@ if (APPLE)
             RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/../bin/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
     endif()
 endif()
+
+if(DEFINED GVIEW_RESOURCE_FILES)
+    message("Adding resource files to project: ${PROJECT_NAME}")
+    target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${GVIEW_RESOURCE_FILES})
+endif()
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diff --git a/cmake/windows.rc.in b/cmake/windows.rc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aefcd3b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/windows.rc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION 0,0,0,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 0,0,0,0
+ FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+ FILEFLAGS 0x1L
+#else
+ FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+#endif
+ FILEOS 0x40004L
+ FILETYPE 0x2L
+ FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+{
+  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+  {
+    BLOCK "040904E4"
+    {
+      VALUE "CompanyName", "GView Group (2021-2024)"
+      VALUE "FileDescription", "GView Framework library"
+      VALUE "FileVersion", "@GVIEW_VERSION@"
+      VALUE "ProductVersion", "@GVIEW_VERSION@"
+      VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright various authors. Released under the MIT License."
+      VALUE "ProductName", "GView"
+    }
+  }
+  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+  {
+    VALUE "Translation", 0x0409, 1252
+  }
+}
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